Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-25
SALISBURY'S UNPOPULARITY.
Not En- Rapport With His COnstitu-
cnts-ChurchilI and GOschen.


LONDON. Nov "a New York Herald
Cable-Specal to the BEE English tories
are faithful to their leaders, especially if
those leaders are in Office, yet hear many
murmurs among the elect about Lord Sails
bury's speech last night at Oxford. HE
never gives us any encouragement" say
even the most faithful of the flock. "He
does not seem to be in touch with us or with
the people, So the complaints go the
rounds Lord Salisbury will not hear them.
His knowledge of what goes on is filtered
through Il small and chosen few who do not
care to tell him anything he may not
like to hear. All the same,
there is great discomfort, and again
the cry is "Iiere, we must have
Il man in the ministry who has more elements
of popularity in and about him. The minis
try answer pray leave us alone. We are
very happy as we are. If you touch us down
goes the union" The argument is effective
but it is pressed too far when it is contended
that the present officcholdcrs are the only
people who can save the union.
You do not hear much of it through our
newspapers but there is a subject which stirs
up more feeling in the country than even the
Irish question and that is the state of trade
Profits decline and wages must decline.
Also outcries against the the growing influx
of foreign goods are universal. The Times
and other journals here ignore all this and
boycott speeches and discussion upon
it. But they were obliged to
record the fact that out of
thousand delegates to the conservative
convention of oxford scarcely dozen voted
against proposition to place foreign compe-
tition under some restraint. l have attended
great many meetings in various parts of
England and had frequent opportunities of
Judging public opinion ana do not hesitate
to say that the demand for moderate duties
on foreign manufactures, perhaps on corn,
grows enormously and springs from the
working classes themselves and speaker
who knows how to handle this topic can
easily drive all other questions into the
shade. The workingmen say Free trade all
round or duties all round" This is a power
that must be reckoned with before long.
What are the tory leaders going to do about
iti Lord Salisbury would not say. He
only begged his friends to keep
in the background all issues that are vital
but they answer: "We cannot keep this in
the background because we were elected to
push it to the 'front.' Lord Salisbury shrugs
his shoulders. He is in cleft stick. There
Is MS TcCtHI ullS, MI SoScHen. he WAS
brought to the ministry to ditch Lord Ran
dolph Churchill-anything and anybody to
shut the door fast against Churchill. Sc
Goschen was borrowed snd baptised but he
will not hear whisper about duties on for
eign goods Free trade is the last link which
binds him to him to his old party. Lay sac
riligious fingers on that and like the Scotch
man he will go back again and ther
10 tn ha,nmn of bn aut
conservative partyl Lord Salisbury
is blamed all round for saying little or moth
ing about the trade difficulty You will see
little or no reason why he cannot offend hi:
own supporters. He dare not offend Mr.
Goschen who stands between him and Lore
Randolph, but the conservative members
elected on this kuotty subject cannot remain
silent. They are bound to move resolution
in the house of commons and know of be
tween eighty and ninety members who will
support it, The ministry could not proven
this. Mr.. Goschen might not like it but h
holds conservative seat and n conservativ
Office and to expect him to resign both is (
set up much too high standard of publ
virtue for days like these. In some respect
Goschen is master of the cabinet. He canno
be sent back TO his own side labeled "re
turned with thanks'-his own side do nc
want him, 1t must be admitted he never wa
much use to them. Having taken the tor
shilling he certainly is giving them his bes
services, but the price is not cheap Hi
presence in the ministry, it is now formal
stated, means Lord Randolph's exclusio
from office, but the conservative workins
men, of whom there are hundred thousant
will insist upon being heard upon that poin
Sooner or later there will be n tremendou
uproar, especially when all the jobbery an
corruption in public affairs are brought
light and before the session is far advance
some startling development may be sooke
for.
Important measures will also be discusse
shortly in connecting with education i
Ireland, The Catholics have long complaine
that they have no endowmcnts for the
schools, the clergy going so far as to mali
tain that this is the greatest Of the Iris
grievances and an attempt TO settle this dii
Guilty is likely to be made, Meanwhile all III
information leads me TO believe that the spl
among the Parpeilites is really serious an
that matters are not improved by Mr., Pa
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